The Cinema of Robert Altman

2016-03-01 Performing Arts

Author : Robert Niemi
Release : 2016-03-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book The Cinema of Robert Altman written by Robert Niemi. This book was released on 2016-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a controversial and tumultuous filmmaking career that spanned nearly fifty years, Robert Altman mocked, subverted, or otherwise refashioned Hollywood narrative and genre conventions. Altman's idiosyncratic vision and propensity for formal experimentation resulted in an uneven body of work: some rank failures and intriguing near-misses, as well as a number of great films that are among the most influential works of New American Cinema. While Altman always professed to have nothing authoritative to say about the state of contemporary society, this volume surveys all of his major films in their sociohistorical context to reposition the director as a trenchant satirist and social critic of postmodern America, depicted as a lonely wasteland of fraudulent spectacle, exploitative social relations, and unfulfilled solitaries in search of elusive community.

Robert Altman

2000 Performing Arts

Author : Robert Altman
Release : 2000
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book Robert Altman written by Robert Altman. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected interviews with the unpredictable and controversial filmmaker of M.A.S.H., Nashville, and Short Cuts

A Cinema of Loneliness

2011-07-07 Performing Arts

Author : Robert Kolker
Release : 2011-07-07
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book A Cinema of Loneliness written by Robert Kolker. This book was released on 2011-07-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated and expanded version of this classic study of contemporary American film, Kolker reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade, as he examines works like Munich, A Prairie Home Companion, The Departed, and Funny People, in addition to classics by Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Robert Altman.

Altman (Text-Only Edition)

2017-10-31 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Kathryn Reed Altman
Release : 2017-10-31
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Altman (Text-Only Edition) written by Kathryn Reed Altman. This book was released on 2017-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intimate and critical biography of the pioneering director explores his life, work, and creative process—with contributions by fellow filmmakers. For decades, Robert Altman fascinated audiences with films such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Gosford Park, and many others. He won critical acclaim by combining technical innovation with subversive, satirical humor and impassioned political engagement. His ability to explore so many different worlds with a single vision changed the landscape of cinema forever. This signature "Altmanesque" style is, in the words of Martin Scorsese: "as recognizable and familiar as Renoir's brushstrokes or Debussy's orchestrations." Now, the Altman estate opens its archive to celebrate his extraordinary life and career in this authorized biography. Written by Altman’s widow Kathryn Reed Altman and film critic Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, this volume brims with personal recollections of the director. Alongside the intimate story of his life is a complete historical and critical narrative of Altman’s films and his process. To honor the Altman trademark of using a wide cast of characters, Altman also features contributions from his collaborators and contemporaries including Frank Barhydt, E. L. Doctorow, Roger Ebert, Jules Feiffer, Julian Fellowes, James Franco, Tess Gallagher, Pauline Kael, Garrison Keillor, Michael Murphy, Martin Scorsese, Lily Tomlin, Alan Rudolph, Michael Tolkin, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

A Companion to Robert Altman

2015-06-22 Performing Arts

Author : Adrian Danks
Release : 2015-06-22
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book A Companion to Robert Altman written by Adrian Danks. This book was released on 2015-06-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Robert Altman presents myriad aspects of Altman’s life, career, influence and historical context. This book features 23 essays from a range of experts in the field, providing extensive coverage of these aspects and dimensions of Altman’s work. The most expansive and wide-ranging book yet published on Altman, providing a comprehensive account of Altman’s complete career Provides discussion and analysis of generally neglected aspects of Altman’s career, including the significance of his work in television and industrial film, the importance of collaboration, and the full range and import of his aesthetic innovations Includes essays by key scholars in “Altman studies”, bringing together experts in the field, emerging scholars and writers from a broad range of fields Multi-disciplinary in design and draws on a range of approaches to Altman’s work, being the first substantial publication to make use of the recently launched Robert Altman Archive at the University of Michigan Offers specific insights into particular aspects of film style and their application, industrial and aesthetic film and TV history, and particular areas such as the theorisation of space, place, authorship and gender

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